Tables of Contents for Backyard and Beyond

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Tables of Contents for Backyard and Beyond

Chapter/Section Title

Page #

Page Count

Introduction

xiii

Stalking

Hide in Plain Sight

1

22

The Best Places and Times to Go

2

2

Posting

4

1

Vantage Points

4

1

Cover, Concealment and Camouflage

5

4

Patience

9

1

Scent

9

1

Calling Animals

10

1

Stalking

11

1

The Stalker's Walk

12

2

Seeing

14

1

Hearing

15

2

Smell

17

1

On Spotting an Animal

18

3

Drills

21

2

Tracking

Crossroads in the Woods

23

12

Time of Day

25

1

The Tracks

25

1

Gaits

26

4

Best Tracking Conditions

30

1

Signs

31

1

Losing the Trail

32

3

Birds

The Landscape of Sound

35

28

On Going Forth

36

2

Listening for Birds

38

2

Bird Songs

40

1

Calling Birds

41

1

Other Bird Sounds

42

1

Bird Nests

43

5

Ground Nesting Birds

48

1

Nestlings

49

1

Feeding and Roosting

50

2

Hawks, Owls and Crows: Scattered Clues

52

2

Flight and Migration

54

3

Courtship Flights

57

1

Bird Baths

57

2

Bird Tracks

59

1

Water Birds

60

1

Dry-land Birds

60

3

Insects

The Ubiquitous Mysteries

63

22

Beetles

65

1

Engraver (or Bark) Beetles

65

2

Whirligig Beetles

67

1

Tent Caterpillars

68

1

Galls

69

2

Praying Mantis

71

2

Spittlebugs

73

1

Snow Fleas

73

1

Wasps, Hornets and Bees

74

1

Paper Wasps

74

1

Mud Daubers

75

1

Potter Wasps

76

1

Hornets

76

1

Bees

77

1

Ant Lion

77

2

Acorn Weevil

79

1

Butterfiles

80

1

Mourning Cloaks

80

1

Monarchs

80

3

Moths or Butterflies

83

2

Plants

Moss on All Sides

85

30

Immigrants by the Roadside

87

3

Plants as Indicators of the Environment

90

2

Moss on All Sides

92

2

Environmental Influences on Plants

94

1

Trees' Effect on the Environment

95

2

Altitude and Slope

97

1

Spring Blooms

98

2

Flowers: Color, Fragrance and Survival

100

3

Fall Colors

103

1

The Age of Trees

104

3

Branches, Bud Scars

107

1

Succession

107

2

Primary Succession: Cliffs, Ponds

109

1

Secondary Succession: Old Fields

109

2

Early and Late Succession

111

1

Seedlings and Light

112

1

Animals and Succession

113

2

Weather

The Ocean in the Sky

115

22

Clouds

116

2

Fronts

118

1

Warm Fronts

118

2

Cold Fronts

120

1

Storm Warnings

121

2

The Wind

123

1

Wind Speed

124

2

The Colors of the Day

126

1

Blue Moon

127

1

Halos

128

1

Rainbows

128

1

Lightning

129

2

Animal Signs

131

2

Insects

133

1

Birds

134

1

Humans

135

1

Plants

135

2

Night

Watchers in the Dark

137

28

Sunset and Sunrise

139

1

Night Vision

140

4

The Moon

144

2

The Planets

146

1

The Stars

147

1

The Big Dipper

148

2

Meteors

150

1

Night Creatures

151

1

Insects

152

1

Amphibians

153

4

Birds

157

3

Bats

160

2

Flying Squirrels

162

1

Sounds in the Night

163

2

Backyard Bestiary

Common Tracks, Signs and Habits

165

70

Hoofed Animals --- Two-toed, Front and Hind Tracks

166

1

White-tailed Deer

166

5

Four Toes, Front and Hind Tracks

171

1

Domestic Cat and Dog

171

2

Bobcat

173

3

Red Fox

176

2

Gray Fox

178

2

Coyote

180

3

Cottontail Rabbit

183

3

Four Toes Front, Five Toes Rear

186

1

Woodchuck

186

3

Eastern Chipmunk

189

2

Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel

191

2

Fox and Gray Squirrel

193

3

Red Squirrel

196

3

Porcupine

199

2

Five Toes, All Feet

201

1

Opossum

201

3

Weasel

204

3

Mink

207

3

River Otter

210

2

Raccoon

212

2

Skunks

214

5

Badger

219

2

Muskrat

221

3

Beaver

224

3

Black Bear

227

3

Miscellaneous Small Animals

230

1

Mice, Voles and Shrews

230

1

Snakes

231

1

Poisonous Snakes

232

1

Snake Skins

233

2

Appendix: Tracking Test

235

4

Selected Bibliography

239

4

Index

243